The ambassadors regularly visit developments in the district (a minimum of twice per year) to meet the project teams behind the schemes, to see what works well and what can be done better; and provide the Planning and Development Team objective feedback on the quality of approved developments.

Read more about some of our best developments here Ourplace Bmbb 2012 (PDF Document, 2.75 Mb).

Building for Life 12 (BfL12)

The Council uses BfL12 to determine the design quality of new residential development of ten homes or more. The Council expects developments to perform positively against BfL12 and uses the current version of BfL12 (August 2016) to support decision making and check the degree to which proposed developments meet the requirements of the scheme.

Building for Life training

We don't offer Building for Life training for anyone other than our officers and Elected Members. OPUN, the architecture centre for the East Midlands offer training and support. Visit www.opun.org.uk for details.